Leanne Tander


Leanne Tander is an Australian race car driver having raced cars such as Formula Ford, Formula 3 and in the Supercars Championship. She is married to Garth Tander, who is also a professional racing driver.

Career

Tander started in karts in 1993, and progressed to Formula Ford in 1998. After mixed success there, she moved up into V8 Supercar in 2001 with Garry Rogers Motorsport and 2002 with Fleetcare Racing. The next three seasons saw her race her father Mark's Mazda RX-7 in Improved Production racing, winning the Victorian and New South Wales championships in 2005, as well as driving in the Australian Production Car Championship in 2004 for Team Toyota Australia. In 2005, Tander had her first taste of a Formula 3 car, contesting three rounds that year, and moved to the Australian Formula Three Championship full-time in 2006, where she became the first female to win a race in 2007. After a pair of second places at Symmons Plains Raceway at the penultimate round, Tander went into the final round of the championship leading by four points.
After qualifying on pole position for both races at the season finale, at Oran Park Raceway, Leanne scored a third and a second in the two races, respectively, to narrowly miss out on the championship by just two points. It remains the best ever performance by a female driver in a National Australian circuit-racing Championship, and possibly the best ever by a female driver in a National or International F3 series.
In 2008, she remained in Australian F3 scoring four poles positions, five race wins and narrowly missed out on the title at the final round to James Winslow.
In 2007, with Garth leading the Supercars standings, and Leanne having led the Australian Drivers Championship this season, it was the first time that a married couple have simultaneously led Australian Motor Racing Championships.
In the 2009 V8 Supercar Series, Tander joined the Paul Cruikshank Racing racing for Ford. She also returned to the Fujitsu Series driving a TanderSport prepared Ford BF Falcon.
In 2010 Tander competed in the Touring Car Masters, driving a replica Ford XA Falcon GTHO Phase IV. She placed 5th in the series, having won the last race of Round 5, held at the Mount Panorama Circuit as a support category to the 2010 Bathurst 1000 in which husband Garth finished 3rd in a successful weekend for the couple.
As of 2012, Leanne has been a regular contributor to entertainment and lifestyle website Live4.

Career results

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
1998Australian Formula Ford Championship27thVan Diemen RF94 FordLeanne Ferrier
1999Australian Formula Ford Championship7thStealth Van Diemen RF94 FordFastlane Racing
2000Australian Formula Ford Championship3rdStealth Van Diemen RF94 FordGarry Rogers Motorsport
2001Konica V8 Supercar Series5thHolden VT CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport
2001Shell Championship Series59thHolden VT CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport
2002Konica V8 Supercar Series18thHolden VS CommodoreFleetcare Racing
2003Australian Production Car Championship22ndDaihatsu Sirion GTViDaihatsu Motor Corporation
2004Australian Production Car Championship3rdToyota Corolla SportivoNeal Bates Motorsport
2004Australian Production Car Championship Class C1stToyota Corolla SportivoNeal Bates Motorsport
2005Victorian Improved Production Car Championship1stMazda RX-7Mark Ferrier
2005New South Wales Improved Production Car Championship1stMazda RX-7Mark Ferrier
2005Australian Drivers' Championship7thDallara F301 Alfa Romeo
Dallara F304 Spiess Opel		Piccola Scuderia
Fleetcare TanderSport
2006Australian Drivers' Championship5thDallara F304 Spiess OpelFleetcare TanderSport
2006–07Toyota Racing Series17thTatuus TT104ZZ ToyotaEuropean Technique
2007Australian Drivers' Championship2ndDallara F304 Spiess OpelFleetcare TanderSport
2008Australian Drivers' Championship2ndDallara F307 HWA Mercedes-BenzTanderSport
2009Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series19thFord BF FalconPaul Cruickshank Racing
2009V8 Supercar Championship Series44thFord BF FalconPaul Cruickshank Racing
2010Touring Car Masters5thFord XA Falcon GTPhil Morris
2015Australian Formula Ford Series10thMygale SJ10aFleetcare TanderSport
2016Australian Formula Ford Series1stMygale SJ10aFleetcare TanderSport

Note: Tander raced under her maiden name of Ferrier prior to 2005.

Supercars Championship results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results